Re: Change of subject

[j.eklund@domain.elided (John Eklund)]

Ian,
If you have other people using your account is is likely that they came
across a machine with a mail "client" such as Netscape Mail with your
configuration settings still on it. Maybe you read your mail from someone
else's computer. If you have your password entered and saved they cannot
only send from your account but also receive your messages. Which is a bit
of a worry.
This is independent of the ISP they are using. They might be dialing into
anywhere or accessing the internet directly from a network. It is important
to remove all the configuration settings from any emailer you use when you
are finished with a foreign machine.

Regards,
John


>Hi all
>
>Firstly let me apologise if any of you out there think that this message is
>a waste of time, but it is quite worrying to me.
>
>So the story goes:
>
>Monday night in the UK and I log on to my ISP, and check e-mails, low and
>behold I get an e-mail for a Peter Barnes, but he has used my e-mail address
>!
>
>Has he gotten access to my account ? could it be a mistake ?
>
>If anyone has previous experience of this sort of thing or has heard of it
>please, please let me know, as I would like to know if somebody I have never
>even heard of is using my account without me knowing.
>
>Ian Baird
>'70 MK1 stag
>Very Worried

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